Harshika Patel is the Chief Executive Officer of J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Asia. She is also Chair of J.P. Morgan’s Asia Pacific DEI Council, where she helps to lead the strategy for the firm’s diversity and inclusion initiatives in the region.

Harshika has over three decades of experience in financial services. She joined J.P. Morgan as Managing Director in 2013 and most recently served as the Chief Executive Officer of J.P. Morgan in Hong Kong while she was in her role as the Head of Firmwide Strategy for Asia Pacific. In this role, she was responsible for driving and implementing the firm’s strategy across its 17 operating markets in Asia Pacific. Prior to moving to Hong Kong, she was based in Singapore where she led the Asia Commodities Sales and Structuring business and the Electronic Sales business, delivering electronic trading services across macro products to institutional clients.

Before joining J.P. Morgan, Harshika was at Barclays Capital for 10 years where she held a number of key roles including Deputy Treasurer for Barclays Capital, and Global Chief Operating Officer for the Commodities business. She was previously a Senior Manager in the Financial Services Practice at Deloitte London providing assurance and advisory services to global financial institutions. She also holds various board member roles. Most recently, she served as Chair of the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASFIMA), the leading Asian financial trade association focused on developing regional capital markets.

Harshika received her Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science & Accounting from Manchester University and is an ICAEW qualified Chartered Accountant.

She resides in Hong Kong with her husband and two children.